Optical Applications Report

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Summary

This report tracks optical equipment spending and port shipments for specific types of equipment designed to meet the needs of a specific application. We collect shipment information and guidance from equipment companies as well as the supply chain each quarter, and estimate each companies shipments in each of the defined categories. Forecasts are based on expected spending and shipment trends for given applications on a regional basis

Methodology

We classify some of the vendor revenue and ports shipped tracked in the Optical Hardware report according to the systems named in our vendor table. Companies may provide public guidance but in some cases we make estimates based on external sources, such as consumption of components from the supply chain

Market Size and Share

Report includes revenue based market size and share for DCI and Advanced Optical Switching applications, and detailed port based market size and vendor market share for 100G shipments.

1H17: October 31, 20172H17: April 30, 20181H18: October 31, 20182H18: April 30, 2019

Category Information

Category Name

Description

Regional Detail

Sub-Category Detail

Datacenter Interconnect

Hardware and common equipment designed specifically for DCI applications; includes hardware sourced from contract manufacturers (whitebox); includes common equipment sold in unbundled format for open line systems.

NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC

NONE

Advanced Optical Switching

Optical hardware configured with a centralized OTN switch fabric; may also include layer-2 switching functions; includes distributed switching architectures that can support 2+ cards; does not include line-card muxponders.

NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC

NONE

100G+ Ports by Vendor

Shipments of 100G+ coherent and non-coherent ports by vendor with quarterly granularity; used to calculate vendor 100G+ market share.

Worldwide

100G+

100G+ Ports by Reach

Actual and forecasted shipments of 100G+ capacity by reach; measured in 100G equivalents to account for 200G and 400G cohernet port shipments. Classified as Edge (<100km), Metro (<600km), and Long Haul (>600km)

Worldwide

Edge 100GMetro 100GLong Haul 100G

100G+ Ports by Hardware Type

Actual and forecasted shipments of physical 100G+ ports by reach and technology type; Classified as Edge (<100km), Metro (<600km), and Long Haul (>600km); Edge breaks out both coherent & non-coherent volume, and Metro breaks out both 100G and 200G+ port shipments